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Meridian Small Cap Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments
September 30, 2020 (Unaudited)
  Shares Value
Common Stocks - 93.4%
Communication Services - 0.8%
Entertainment - 0.3%
Cinemark Holdings, Inc. 1 409,188  $4,091,880
Interactive Media & Services - 0.0%
Actua Corp. 2 1,117,791  111,779
Media - 0.5%
TechTarget, Inc. 2 155,733  6,846,023
Total Communication Services   11,049,682
Consumer Discretionary - 11.8%
Auto Components - 0.8%
Cooper-Standard Holdings, Inc. 2 403,122  5,325,241
Fox Factory Holding Corp. 1,2 65,769  4,888,610
    10,213,851
Diversified Consumer Services - 0.6%
Grand Canyon Education, Inc. 2 99,037  7,917,018
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.4%
PlayAGS, Inc. 2 1,654,707  5,857,663
Household Durables - 0.6%
Purple Innovation, Inc. 2 291,153  7,238,064
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - 1.1%
Shutterstock, Inc. 285,954  14,881,046
Leisure Products - 1.6%
Clarus Corp. 1,056,804  14,922,072
Malibu Boats, Inc. Class A 2 126,818  6,285,100
    21,207,172
Specialty Retail - 2.0%
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. 1,2 3,070,740  26,684,731
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 4.7%
Carter's, Inc. 1 171,501  14,848,557
Hanesbrands, Inc. 1 890,894  14,031,580
Skechers U.S.A., Inc. Class A 2 1,116,864  33,751,630
    62,631,767
Total Consumer Discretionary   156,631,312
Consumer Staples - 0.4%
Food & Staples Retailing - 0.4%
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. 1,2 142,861  5,935,874
Total Consumer Staples   5,935,874
Energy - 0.8%
Energy Equipment & Services - 0.5%
NCS Multistage Holdings, Inc. 2 1,357,807  806,537
  Shares Value
RigNet, Inc. 1,2 1,475,101  $6,047,914
    6,854,451
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 0.3%
Evolution Petroleum Corp. 1,460,711  3,271,993
Total Energy   10,126,444
Financials - 2.2%
Capital Markets - 2.2%
Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. 2 1,256,799  14,189,261
PennantPark Investment Corp. 1,556,645  4,965,697
WisdomTree Investments, Inc. 3,150,119  10,080,381
Total Financials   29,235,339
Health Care - 34.7%
Biotechnology - 16.1%
Albireo Pharma, Inc. 2 297,504  9,927,708
Argenx SE ADR (Netherlands) 2 32,717  8,588,867
CareDx, Inc. 1,2 438,072  16,620,452
Centrexion Therapeutics Corp. (Dividend Shares)
Acquisition Date: 3/14/19,
Cost $0 2,3,4
17,318  35,156
DBV Technologies SA ADR (France) 2 298,580  516,543
Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2 161,428  8,281,256
Forte Biosciences, Inc.
Acquisition Date: 11/27/18,
Cost $4,000,000 2,3
1,174,685  48,436,374
Heron Therapeutics, Inc. 1,2 631,140  9,353,495
Immunomedics, Inc. 2 151,766  12,904,663
Inhibrx, Inc. 1,2 170,588  3,070,584
Inhibrx, Inc.
Acquisition Date: 10/1/18,
Cost $3,999,985 2,3
329,688  5,044,226
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Class A 1,2 372,215  5,702,334
Kodiak Sciences, Inc. 1,2 140,854  8,339,965
Lyra Therapeutics, Inc.
Acquisition Date: 7/30/18,
Cost $4,999,980 2,3
471,708  4,482,641
Metacrine, Inc. 1,2 175,000  1,776,250
Metacrine, Inc.
Acquisition Date: 6/5/18
Cost $2,785,002 2,3
257,584  2,222,309
NextCure, Inc. 2 222,984  1,962,259
PMV Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2 173,130  6,146,115
Precision BioSciences, Inc. 1,2 367,167  2,261,749

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Meridian Small Cap Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
September 30, 2020 (Unaudited)
  Shares Value
Relay Therapeutics, Inc. 1,2 170,131  $7,245,879
SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc. 1,2 209,988  10,010,128
Talis Biomedical Corp.
Acquisition Date: 10/6/17,
Cost $4,000,000 2,3,4
146,220  902,179
Taysha Gene Therapies, Inc. 2 93,947  2,104,413
Taysha Gene Therapies, Inc.
Acquisition Date: 7/28/20
Cost $999,991 2,3
64,088  1,220,235
TCR2 Therapeutics, Inc. 2 498,975  10,139,172
Veracyte, Inc. 1,2 495,545  16,100,257
Viela Bio, Inc. 1,2 165,583  4,649,571
Viking Therapeutics, Inc. 1,2 1,056,150  6,146,793
    214,191,573
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 6.8%
Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. 1,2 415,312  4,427,226
Axogen, Inc. 2 877,798  10,208,791
Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. 2 314,479  12,374,749
CryoLife, Inc. 2 345,469  6,380,812
Merit Medical Systems, Inc. 2 570,576  24,820,056
Nevro Corp. 2 45,956  6,401,671
Quidel Corp. 1,2 113,540  24,908,405
    89,521,710
Health Care Providers & Services - 5.8%
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. 2 200,103  11,698,021
BioTelemetry, Inc. 1,2 549,896  25,064,260
HealthEquity, Inc. 2 358,661  18,424,416
MEDNAX, Inc. 2 898,236  14,623,282
Ontrak, Inc. 1,2 126,245  7,574,700
    77,384,679
Health Care Technology - 2.5%
Omnicell, Inc. 2 190,962  14,257,223
Renalytix AI Plc ADR 1,2 231,243  2,821,164
Vocera Communications, Inc. 1,2 572,209  16,639,838
    33,718,225
Life Sciences Tools & Services - 1.2%
Syneos Health, Inc. 1,2 297,421  15,810,901
Pharmaceuticals - 2.3%
Arvinas, Inc. 2 141,291  3,335,880
Liquidia Technologies, Inc. 1,2 1,159,013  5,702,344
Oric Phamaceuticals, Inc.
Acquisition Date: 6/3/19,
Cost $3,999,996 2,3
303,030  6,441,963
Revance Therapeutics, Inc. 1,2 330,754  8,315,156
  Shares Value
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 1,2 1,167,428  $6,922,848
    30,718,191
Total Health Care   461,345,279
Industrials - 26.0%
Air Freight & Logistics - 2.5%
Echo Global Logistics, Inc. 2 771,811  19,889,569
Forward Air Corp. 241,081  13,833,228
    33,722,797
Commercial Services & Supplies - 9.8%
ABM Industries, Inc. 708,917  25,988,897
Cimpress Plc (Ireland) 2 125,914  9,463,696
Clean Harbors, Inc. 2 312,932  17,533,580
Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc. 2 1,874,709  25,027,365
Hudson Technologies, Inc. 1,2 2,357,585  2,711,223
Montrose Environmental Group, Inc. 2 401,880  9,572,782
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, Inc. (Canada) 543,279  32,189,281
SP Plus Corp. 2 421,994  7,574,792
    130,061,616
Machinery - 4.9%
Graham Corp. 444,748  5,679,432
John Bean Technologies Corp. 1 203,687  18,716,799
Kennametal, Inc. 1 208,077  6,021,748
Middleby Corp. (The) 2 188,951  16,950,794
Tennant Co. 289,252  17,459,251
    64,828,024
Marine - 2.7%
Kirby Corp. 2 464,030  16,783,965
Matson, Inc. 484,466  19,422,242
    36,206,207
Professional Services - 5.6%
Forrester Research, Inc. 1,2 410,055  13,445,703
InnerWorkings, Inc. 2 4,101,440  12,263,306
TriNet Group, Inc. 2 569,060  33,756,639
TrueBlue, Inc. 2 948,559  14,693,179
    74,158,827
Road & Rail - 0.5%
Heartland Express, Inc. 341,434  6,350,672
Total Industrials   345,328,143
Information Technology - 14.5%
Electronic Equipment & Instruments - 1.1%
CTS Corp. 680,807  14,998,178
IT Services - 0.3%
International Money Express, Inc. 2 235,344  3,380,717
 

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Meridian Small Cap Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
September 30, 2020 (Unaudited)
  Shares Value
Software - 13.1%
2U, Inc. 1,2 710,232  $24,048,455
8x8, Inc. 2 554,531  8,622,957
American Software, Inc. Class A 290,563  4,079,504
Asure Software, Inc. 1,2 754,674  5,697,789
Benefitfocus, Inc. 2 1,031,440  11,552,128
Cerence, Inc. 1,2 93,153  4,552,387
ChannelAdvisor Corp. 2 440,066  6,367,755
DraftKings, Inc. Class A
Acquisition Date: 8/17/18,
Cost $5,415,663 2,3
759,256  37,973,430
Mimecast Ltd. 2 203,682  9,556,759
Model N, Inc. 2 237,917  8,393,712
Ping Identity Holding Corp. 2 232,196  7,246,837
Pluralsight, Inc. Class A 1,2 1,044,099  17,885,416
QAD, Inc. Class A 227,058  9,581,848
Upland Software, Inc. 2 156,868  5,913,924
Workiva, Inc. 2 66,541  3,710,326
Zuora, Inc. Class A 1,2 819,374  8,472,327
    173,655,554
Total Information Technology   192,034,449
Materials - 1.9%
Containers & Packaging - 1.9%
Ranpak Holdings Corp. 1,2 2,641,684  25,148,832
Total Materials   25,148,832
Real Estate - 0.3%
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) - 0.3%
Jernigan Capital, Inc. 205,819  3,527,738
Total Real Estate   3,527,738
Total Common Stocks - 93.4%
(Cost $1,100,082,152)
  1,240,363,092
Warrants - 0.0%
Information Technology - 0.0%
Software - 0.0%
DraftKings, Inc. Class A, Strike Price $11.50, Expires 4/23/25
Acquisition Date: 4/23/20,
Cost $0 2,3
5,321  214,112
Total Information Technology   214,112
Total Warrants - 0.0%
(Cost $0)
  214,112
  Shares Value
Preferred Stocks - 4.1%
Consumer Discretionary - 0.2%
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - 0.2%
Evolve Vacation Rental Network, Inc. Series 8 Shares
Acquisition Date: 6/15/18,
Cost $3,999,999 2,3,4
470,013  $3,337,092
Total Consumer Discretionary   3,337,092
Health Care - 2.6%
Biotechnology - 1.5%
4D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc. Series B Shares
Acquisition Date: 8/27/18,
Cost $3,999,999 2,3,4
229,095  4,481,098
Centrexion Therapeutics Corp. Series D Shares
Acquisition Date: 12/18/17,
Cost $2,995,007 2,3,4
1,663,893  1,564,059
NexImmune, Inc. Series A Shares
Acquisition Date: 12/28/17,
Cost $3,000,000 2,3,4
10,166,045  4,473,060
NexImmune, Inc. Series A-2 Shares
Acquisition Date: 1/25/19,
Cost $999,999 2,3,4
2,838,488  1,305,705
NexImmune, Inc. Series A-3 Shares
Acquisition Date: 12/12/19,
Cost $1,750,000 2,3,4
4,967,357  2,235,311
Talis Biomedical Corp. Series C-1 Shares
Acquisition Date: 11/27/19,
Cost $2,363,797 2,3,4
862,700  6,116,543
    20,175,776
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.1%
Beta Bionics, Inc. Series B Shares
Acquisition Date: 10/9/18,
Cost $3,999,976 2,3,4
26,631  5,115,815
Pulmonx Corp. Series G-1 Shares
Acquisition Date: 4/16/19,
Cost $2,750,000 2,3,4
2,083,333  3,708,333
 

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Meridian Small Cap Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
September 30, 2020 (Unaudited)
  Shares Value
Sonendo, Inc. Series E Shares
Acquisition Date: 12/10/19,
Cost $4,999,995 2,3,4
454,545  $5,022,722
    13,846,870
Total Health Care   34,022,646
Industrials - 0.2%
Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.2%
Xometry, Inc. Series A-2
Acquisition Date: 7/20/20
Cost $292,269 2,3,4
30,521  292,269
Xometry, Inc. Series B
Acquisition Date: 7/20/20
Cost $100,318 2,3,4
10,476  100,318
Xometry, Inc. Series C
Acquisition Date: 7/20/20
Cost $106,008 2,3,4
10,887  106,008
Xometry, Inc. Series D
Acquisition Date: 7/20/20
Cost $82,843 2,3,4
8,450  82,842
Xometry, Inc. Series E
Acquisition Date: 7/20/20
Cost $832,427 2,3,4
61,109  832,427
Xometry, Inc. Series Seed-1
Acquisition Date: 9/4/20
Cost $429,088 2,3,4
53,636  429,088
Xometry, Inc. Series Seed-2
Acquisition Date: 9/4/20
Cost $188,776 2,3,4
23,597  188,776
Total Industrials   2,031,728
Information Technology - 1.1%
Communications Equipment - 0.5%
Starry, Inc. Series C Shares
Acquisition Date: 5/14/18,
Cost $3,780,000 2,3,4
4,099,783  4,714,750
Starry, Inc. Series D Shares
Acquisition Date: 3/6/19,
Cost $1,665,000 2,3,4
1,164,336  1,665,001
    6,379,751
Software - 0.4%
ACV Auctions, Inc. Series A
Acquisition Date: 2/28/20,
Cost $3,961,223 2,3,4
762,010  4,514,224
ACV Auctions, Inc. Series E-1
Acquisition Date: 9/2/20
Cost $631,888 2,3,4
106,664  631,888
    5,146,112
  Shares Value
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 0.2%
Quail Investment Holdings, LLC
Acquisition Date: 9/1/20
Cost $2,917,695 2,3,4
2,918  $2,917,695
Total Information Technology   14,443,558
Total Preferred Stocks - 4.1%
(Cost $45,846,307)
  53,835,024
  Shares/
Principal
Amount
 
Short-Term Investments - 3.1%5
Money Market Funds - 0.8%
BlackRock Liquidity Funds, FedFund, Institutional Class, 0.05% 1,496,000  1,496,000
Federated Treasury Obligations Fund, Institutional Class, 0.04% 1,783,000  1,783,000
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.03% 1,496,000  1,496,000
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund, Institutional Class, 0.00% 1,496,000  1,496,000
Invesco Short Term Investments, Government & Agency Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.02% 1,839,000  1,839,000
JPMorgan U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Institutional Class, 0.01% 1,496,000  1,496,000
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds, Government Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.02% 1,133,000  1,133,000
Total Money Market Funds
(Cost $10,739,000)
  10,739,000
 

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Meridian Small Cap Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
September 30, 2020 (Unaudited)
  Shares/
Principal
Amount
Value
Repurchase Agreements - 2.3%
Bank of America Securities Inc., dated 9/30/20, due 10/1/20, 0.06% total to be received $1,588,981 (collateralized by various U.S. Treasury Obligations, 1.25% - 2.38%, 10/31/21 - 5/15/29, totaling $1,620,758)  $1,588,978  $1,588,978
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., dated 9/30/20, due 10/1/20, 0.08% total to be received $9,509,056 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Sponsored Agency and U.S. Treasury Obligations, 0.00% - 4.63%, 11/27/20 - 11/1/59, totaling $9,699,216)  9,509,035  9,509,035
HSBC Securities, Inc., dated 9/30/20, due 10/1/20, 0.08% total to be received $9,509,056 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Sponsored Agency and U.S. Treasury Obligations, 0.00% - 5.00%, 11/1/26 - 8/1/50, totaling $9,699,216)  9,509,035  9,509,035
  Shares/
Principal
Amount
Value
RBC Dominion Securities, Inc., dated 9/30/20, due 10/1/20, 0.08% total to be received $9,509,056 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Sponsored Agency and U.S. Treasury Obligations, 0.00% - 5.50%, 10/27/20 - 7/15/61, totaling $9,699,216)  $9,509,035  $9,509,035
Total Repurchase Agreements
(Cost $30,116,083)
  30,116,083
Total Short-Term
Investments - 3.1%
(Cost $40,855,083)
  40,855,083
Total Investments - 100.6%
(Cost $1,186,783,542)
 
1,335,267,311
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (0.6)%   (7,381,797)
Net Assets - 100.0%   $1,327,885,514
 
ADR—American Depositary Receipt
Plc—Public Limited Company
1 All or portion of this security is on loan at September 30, 2020. Total value of such securities at period-end amounts to
$170,122,177 and represents 12.81% of net assets. Securities loaned with a value of $748,067 are pending settlement as of September 30, 2020.
2 Non-income producing securities.
3 Restricted security; cannot be offered for public resale without first being registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and related rules and agreements. Acquisition date represents the date on which an enforceable right to acquire such security is obtained and is presented along with related cost in the security description. The Fund has registration rights for certain restricted securities. Any costs related to such registration are borne by the issuer. The aggregate value of restricted securities at period-end amounts to $160,807,649 and represents 12.11% of net assets.
4 Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs in good faith in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Directors.
5 Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in short-term investments.

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